Gaia's Wager: Environmental Movements and the Challenge of SustainabilityRowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001 - 255 pages Can environmentalism evolve into a powerful social movement that transforms human practices in ways that are ecologically sustainable? Gary C. Bryner contends that it is in our self-interest as a species to ensure that environmental movements coalesce in the service of sustainability. From the very first Earth Day to the setting of Agenda 21 for the new millennium, this book traces the actors, the issues, and the institutions involved in moving environmentalism from a loose collection of fuzzy groups and goals to a new global force for change. Will the next phase of environmental action resemble the WTO protests in Seattle, the UN Kyoto Protocols, or a Think Tank inside the Washington Beltway? Gaia's Wager shows that movements play an important role between political parties and interest groups on the domestic scene and the unruly forces of globalization internationally. Only social movements can catalyze a response to the global environmental threat that has a chance of both capturing imaginations and institutionalizing progress toward environmental sustainability. Above all, Gaia's Wager bets on the confluence of big ideas and social action to yield a more hopeful environmental future. |
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... ment emerged from a grass - roots response to the siting of hazardous waste facilities that seeks to prevent such decisions and to ensure that de- cision - making processes include those who are most burdened by those decisions . The ...
... ment emerged from a grass - roots response to the siting of hazardous waste facilities that seeks to prevent such decisions and to ensure that de- cision - making processes include those who are most burdened by those decisions . The ...
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... ment forums to bring community members together to discuss issues and formulate plans . Nonprofit organizations throughout the nation formed the Sustainable Communities Network to share information on demonstration projects and conduct ...
... ment forums to bring community members together to discuss issues and formulate plans . Nonprofit organizations throughout the nation formed the Sustainable Communities Network to share information on demonstration projects and conduct ...
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... ment of environmental and labor standards , which could threaten to overwhelm the WTO administratively while broadening the scope for sanctions . " 110 The ability of demonstrators to disrupt the meeting is one sign of the strength of ...
... ment of environmental and labor standards , which could threaten to overwhelm the WTO administratively while broadening the scope for sanctions . " 110 The ability of demonstrators to disrupt the meeting is one sign of the strength of ...
Contents
Assessing Environmental Politics | 1 |
Environmentalism in the United States | 31 |
A Comparative Perspective | 67 |
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